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Because of the way we interact as a staff, people have found it helpful to know who influences our staff. Below is a list of what our entire pastoral staff has read and is reading - it isn't exhaustive or inclusive - it's just for your information as you seek to understand the staff of our church. 


JESUS:

The Challenge of Jesus, NT Wright

Simply Jesus, NT Wright

Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes, Kenneth Bailey

The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited, Scot McKnight

The Scapegoat, René Girard and Yvonne Freccero

PAUL AND THE NEW TESTAMENT LETTERS:

Paul Among the People, Sarah Ruden

Paul: In Fresh Perspective, NT Wright

What Saint Paul Really Said: Was Paul of Tarsus the Real Founder of Christianity, NT Wright

Justification: God's Plan & Paul's Vision, NT Wright

The New Interpreter's Bible: Romans commentary, NT Wright

The Moral Vision of the New Testament, Richard B. Hays

Paul and Palestinian Judaism: A Comparison of Patterns of Religion, E.P. Sanders

Paul and the Faithfulness of God, NT Wright

BIBLICAL META-NARRATIVE:

The Good and Beautiful God: Falling in Love with the God Jesus Knows, James Bryan Smith

The Drama of Scripture, Michael W. Goheen & Craig G. Bartholomew

The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible, Scot McKnight

The Bible Made Impossible: Why Biblicism Is Not a Truly Evangelical Reading of Scripture, Christian Smith

Beyond the Pale: Reading Theology From the Margins, Miguel A. De La Torre and Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas

Telling the Truth: The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale, Frederick Buechner

N. T. Wrightʼs Hermeneutic: An Exploration (PDF), Robert Stewart

Critical Realism, New Testament and the People of God 34- 40, N.T. Wright

What We Talk About When We Talk About God, Rob Bell

CULTURE (INCL. RELIGIOUS PLUARLISM, GENDER/SEXUALITY, SCIENCE, ENVIRONMENT, POLITICS):

Not the Religious Type: Confessions of a Turncoat Atheist, Dave Schmelzer

Culture Making, Andy Crouch

Jesus Brand Spirituality, Ken Wilson

Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation, James K. A. Smith

Deep Church, Jim Belcher

Exclusion & Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation, Miroslav Volf

Transforming Culture: A Challenge for Christian Mission, Sherwood Lingenfelter

A Matrix of Meanings: Finding God in Pop Culture, Craig Detweiler and Barry Taylor

Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art, Madeleine L'Engle

Strength to Love, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 


The Last Word, N.T. Wright

Proper Confidence, Lesslie Newbigin

The Open Secret, Lesslie Newbigin

The Gospel In a Pluralist Society, Lesslie Newbigin

The Mosaic of Christian Belief: Twenty Centuries of Unity & Diversity, Roger E. Olson

Muslims, Christians, and Jesus: Gaining Understanding and Building Relationships, Carl Medearis

Buddhists Talk About Jesus, Christians Talk About the Buddha, Edited by Rita M. Gross and Terry C. Muck


Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate, Justin Lee

See Me Naked: Stories of Sexual Exile in American Christianity, Amy Frykholm

Love Is an Orientation, Andrew Marin


Saving God's Green Earth, Tri Robinson

The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, Francis Collins

The Language of Science and Faith, Karl Giberson and Francis Collins

The Lost World of Genesis One, John Walton


The Myth of a Christian Nation, Gregory Boyd

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided By Politics and Religion, Jonathan Haidt

EMERGENT FAITH:

The Great Emergence, Phyllis Tickle

An Emergent Theology for Emerging Churches, Ray Anderson

Missiological Implications of Epistemological Shifts, Paul Hiebert

How (Not) to Speak of God, Peter Rollins

A Generous Orthodoxy, Brian McLaren

Repenting of Religion, Gregory Boyd

The New Christians, Tony Jones

SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES, SOUL CARE, HEALING:

The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life, James Martin

Mystically Wired, Ken Wilson

Naturally Supernatural, Gary Best

Power Healing, John Wimber

A Long Obedience In the Same Direction, Eugene Peterson

To Love as God Loves, Roberta C. Bondi 

Soul Feast: An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life, Marjorie J. Thompson

The Way of the Heart: Connecting With God Through Prayer, Wisdom, and Silence, Henri Nouwen

The Hidden Power of Prayer and Fasting, Mahesh Chavda

OTHER:

The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking, Dale Carnegie

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick Lencioni

Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity, Mark A. Noll
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